Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

52% would recommend to a friend

(3,322 total reviews)
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34% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,322 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Aug 26, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, great learning opportunities, will help you a lot on the resume

Cons

Be ready to sacrifice WLB (experience may vary based on team/manager), toxic work culture, on-calls can be tough

2.0
Aug 24, 2025

It's ok

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of work. Lot's of systems to maintain.

Cons

Not enough pay. Not enough growth. Too top-down.

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